The story is of a star loved by the Algerian people, who chose isolation voluntarily and decided to stay away from the limelight a quarter of a century ago, hitting the wall with all the offers that flock to him with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This is how Othman Ariat, 72, lives in his humble home in the Bab Al-Zuwar neighborhood of Algiers, since 1984, and he can meet with ordinary people in markets and cafes, at a time when this square star on the throne of acting since the nineties of the last century could have lived in the largest A house in Algeria, and that he owns a luxury car with a private driver that serves his steps wherever he comes or goes.
Actually shy .. revolted in front of the camera
Ereoat chose to be simple enough that you do not distinguish it between people on the street with his modest clothing, and he does not refuse to ask anyone who stops him to take a photo with him, or chat for a few minutes in the affairs of the country and the people, and Ereoat may go further in his relationship of appreciation to people Ordinary, and immediately agrees to fulfill any invitation to drink tea or dinner. The first star in Algeria does not reject the love of people, and receives their questions with open hearts, provided that the questions are not within the framework of the media mission to search for a press precedent.
For everyone, Othman Ariat has turned into a big question mark, since he decided to walk in the path of retirement, ignoring all the offers, as if he hides the sadness that prevents him from returning to stand behind the camera again, and after he set off as a missile to the sky of creativity, and inhabited the heart of all Algerian families and no one could He was removed from the throne, and he has become a model for Algerian art, and it suffices to write his name on the "Google" or "Facebook" engine to discover that it is a sign traveling between generations, and the proverb is set with his words at every date, accident or phenomenon in Algeria.
Despite his absence, he is indirectly present in analyzing and reading the scenarios of the Algerian presidential elections to be held this year. A large number of Algerian channels do not hesitate to quote phrases from his old works, and put them as titles for political program episodes of a serious nature.
This is one of the Algerian channels, which is entitled the episode of its most prominent political program, "We will bring you a paradise." It is a famous sentence for slips that he said in the movie "Carnival in Dora" in 1994, when he embodied the role of the mayor and addressed the residents of Dora, saying, "I will make the municipality a paradise if you elect me." Indeed, the Algerian reality today no longer finds better than the words of this artist to provide a deep reading, after the irony was mixed with headlines news that indicate the desire of more than 190 people to take over the presidency, and they are mostly difficult social cases that stunned the Algerian public opinion.
Undoubtedly, there are several factors that contributed to the stardom of Ariat, the most important of which was the period in which it appeared. In the 1980s, there was only one channel in Algeria, “Algerian TV”, and in front of the lack of competition, Ariat was making his distinction in comedy in a spontaneous way similar to the Algerians, so he did not depend on importing texts Foreigner, not on quoting from international literature, as a self-taught learner who was educated on Quranic texts and graduated from the "Conservatory" Institute in Algeria in 1972; he knew how to break up the simple local character.
Loops lived among people from a young age, so its success is similar to the success of dozens of creators who believed in the importance of local issues, just as is the case of the late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, who adapted literature to serve local issues and address simple personalities, which is reflected in his saying, "Without the interest of the simple people in me, why People cared for my literature, and when I got to Noble "(a dialogue conducted by the Egyptian writer Mohamed Al-Salmawi with the late writer Naguib Mahfouz from the book of dialogues Naguib Mahfouz).
Another thing that interest him in loops that made him distinguished is his interest in value and artistic message, and as famous physicist Albert Einstein said, "Don't try to be a successful person, but try to be a person of value." The art that was presented by loops carried real value and was not cliche. Indeed, it came from a simple type of easy abstinence, when he repeated the phrases uttered by the ordinary person, as he expressed loops truthfully and accurately to the concerns and feelings of people and convey their emotional state, and what is embodied in all his roles since his first appearance in 1963 in the movie "The Result", specifically in The movie "Carnival in a Decher" in 1994, where he broke that stereotype of television, and made it a For a mirror screen that reflects reality, not a device for presenters with their elegant clothes and gorgeous looks.
The son of the village who believed in the turban
In addition to the immersion of his subjects in the locality, the turban accompanied the appearance of Othman Ariat in his most prominent cinematic works, which reflects on the other hand his influence on his Chaoui origins, where he was born in 1948 in the Amdokal region in the Algerian Batna from a simple family, and he is the only son in the family who chose the field of acting And because it is an unreconcilable profession in traditional societies, the challenge was very great in front of Othman, and for this he chose to perform roles similar to his grandfather, his father and the children of the neighborhood, with his simple clothes that resemble the look of a Bedouin man who wears a turban or a chechia, and he usually appears in a sleeve shirt Long and k-jacket Ashiki. This is how people liked his look with his inconsistent clothes in the movie "Hidden Taxi" in 1997, and in the movie "Carnival in Dora" in 1994, so the result will always be the personality of a simple rural citizen.
From comedy to historical films, the roles that Ariat did not only draw the smile, but he excelled in performing very complex historical roles, and it is not an easy thing for an actor who used to appear in comic roles. In 1985 with the director Bin Omar Bakhti.
Refuses to honor or offer "publicity years"
Throughout this artistic career, Uthman Urayat did not accept any official honor, but more than that. The National Order of Merit granted by the President of the Republic each time to artists and
creators; was not suspended until
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